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This article highlights the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section program of the 124th Annual Conference of the American Library Association on June 23-29, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. Some speakers discussed the issues, challenges, and responsibilities involved in collecting and managing treasured cultural materials. David Easterbrook of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University, described the library's efforts to make the collection available to everyone, regardless of affiliation.

This section offers news briefs on library advocacy developments in the U.S. The American Library Association (ALA) has called on its members to urge their Senators to support the bipartisan Reed-Cochran library amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (S. 1177). The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (FASTR) was unanimously approved in July 2015 by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.